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Design from the inside
Science, Maths & Technology

Design from the inside

...research is exploring the relationship between the geometry of the patterns and the resulting mechanical behaviour, measured according to Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, see Figure 2. We plot this behaviour on rotational graphs to explore how it changes according to the direction of applied force. [Figure 2: Comparing mechanical properties of honeycombs based on...
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Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...research that family influences a players’ introduction and experience of the sport in a variety of ways – from taking up the game to sibling rivalry driving performance. Being an England fan I was already aware of the two sets of brothers in the England squad – Billy and Mako Vunipola and the brothers Ben and Tom Youngs (whose father Nick was a former England...
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Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
History & The Arts

Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...

...research carried out at The Open University. Here you will be able to view archive images of Spiritualism in Stoke-on-Trent, listen to stories about what it’s like to live with angels and spirits in everyday life, and look at our Spirit Trail which maps all the sites that have been registered for Spiritualist worship and services across the city since 1870. You may be...
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Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA
Science, Maths & Technology

Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA

...researchers all over the world producing information, is there a way for other scientists to look at large sets of results and use them to make new discoveries? ...A great deal of experimental data generated by scientists is now stored online in publicly available databases. Because of this, it can now be used (‘interrogated’) in large biological studies to uncover...
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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...research. It has acquired an obligation to generate commercial revenue, however, and in 2011 it became part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Met gets its income through providing a range of specialised forecasts, for example on behalf of the aviation and insurance industries, but the BBC contract remains a key part of its work. At a time when...
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Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment
Nature & Environment

Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment

...researchers will be able to go back to those exact positions in future. There is still a bit of a downside to the new system, it may be lighter, quicker and can be one person operated but it does rely on the mobile phone system to get real time differential corrections of the gps signal – this is how it achieves a much better accuracy than a normal hand held gps. Some...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...Research Fellow in Digital Humanities at The Open University, believes specialised text analysis software can help us develop new insights into classic literature...When Mary Shelley published her iconic Gothic novel two hundred years ago in 1818, she probably did not imagine it would continue to be read and reprinted into the twenty-first century. Like many other works...
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Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...research has shown that despite the various white papers from the UK Government supporting carers and the introduction of the Carer’s Assessment and Carer’s Allowance, many carers feel undervalued by society and looked down on by some people because of their caring role. Some carers, especially those who are full-time carers, feel excluded from society and may also...
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